About the book: 1988 / The collection "Stop in the Desert" was first published in the USA by the Chekhov Publishing House in 1970. The collection was compiled by the author in Russia, and the texts of the poems were secretly sent to editors in New York. Brodsky believed that the book should give an idea of ​​what (according to his views at that time) the collection of his mature works was. The Ardis publishing house released a reprint of the collection “Stopping in the Desert” in 1988 to fill the gap in the series of collections of Brodsky’s poems published by this publishing house.